just ask me

a few year ago back it was only my second old bird season had 16 17 widowhood cocks i had nearly half my team taken in two weeks before the racing season by bops that was hard to take at the time my head was spinning around with madness as u can imagine it made the wins and results i had that year all the better with this sport there are a lot of downs and it can be hard to take but i think when u get that cock or hen bursting his or her gut to get inside the loft or the one u got from the distance or the one u prepared for a certain race and he didn't let u down these are the ups sometimes they can be hard to see when your head is not in the right place over madness or a disappointed but belive me they are there stick with it because when these days come the bad day disappears and these are the days that u will remember

very interesting jimmy must give it a go other than this playing with your pigeons will make them very tame

if u separate them for two weeks if possible i mean cocks and hens I'm not sure what u are feeding but id put them on a lighter feed too hens are not great too pair when they are too heavy wheatgerm oil also helps if u let us know a little about your feeding set up I'm sure u will answers that u require hard to answer as we need a little info

hi strapper ive moved a thread or two in the last while ill have a look to see what ive done

hard to belive was just telling a friend the same thing today only had it a little differnt saying that there more moisture in a west wind il be keeping an eye when weather is warm and an east wind what returns are like a good day with west winds could throw up some interesting results

hi milecrosslofts don't get too down there would be hardly anyone in the sport if they gave up after a bad season or a bad few races the very few win races year after year after year the select few stick with it and try new things and ask lots

this is true half either tippler or tumbler im not sure with a racer done 500 mile on the third day

haven't got ets yet either so ill be watching thread too sorry i couldn't help

well done another pigeon gets home

over the last few weeks had a few caught had 4 that couldent race last week 2 back on the road this week one be back in two weeks and one that wont race again probally

with my lofts i have a raised floor and three trap doors to put traps in also under the boxes i have more i know it dont fix your problem but might be some ideas here

thanks again

great post have to think about that one be back later u caught me on the hop ;D

well a look back through some threads will help on here im sure the members here will help in any way they can not in you area but im sure someone will be just ask the questions the answers will come and welcome to the forum do enjoy

just keep asking that the main thing

sounds like a canker to me u might have what called a canker nodule in the throat u wont actually see it it grows in the throat and blocks the air pipe

dont worry too much they will come in as when they see u go down to feed the rest im sure they will know what is going on and pop in

congrats to you both

every little helps good on ya

a freind bought a few last year handled them looked the part know more when he races them though really cant say more than that

best of luck with the move hope all goes smoothly

nice one u will get more

as long as i can rember to be honest

i know its tough strapper stick with with it dont want to sound smart but i like to look on the bright side the ones u have left should be hard to lose all the best with your young birds send them to a few races u never know what u might decide during the off season

all the best and a speedy recovery